My personal story about how I made the decision to go plant-based is much more down-to-earth than most. No life-changing epiphanies or emotional scars, but rather a perfectly rational decision that started in late 2011 in a little upstate New York town.

This gyoza has been a staple for when we have non-plant-based guests. With the added salting of vegetables, you can be sure you will have a flavor-packed, delicious gyoza that’s great with beer, ramen, or on its own!

As I was trying to perfect the Carbonara recipe, I also created this Pancetta recipe (mostly for lack of vegan bacon options in Japan). It sounds odd to use Kuruma-fu (a kind of Japanese wheat gluten), but it actually works well!

Plant-based version of the Carbonara recipe! Plus, it has Vitamin B12! You can combine it with our homemade pancetta (plant-based bacon), add vegan bacon, or if you’re not plant-based, add real pancetta. The choice is yours!